Chapter 867: The Precious Crown Prince and the Plan to Establish a Subsidiary City (Part 2)
Chapter 867 -338: The Precious Crown Prince and the Plan to Establish a Subsidiary City (Part 2)
“May I ask how much you’ve lost, Lord? I will do my best to make up for your losses.”
The Cyan Saint Emperor wanted to curse. This was clearly a black-on-black deal between Lords, yet the other shamelessly claimed he was rescuing his son Gu Shengtong.
No choice!
Gu Shengtong, who carried Emperor’s Aura, was the Cyan Saint Emperor’s most beloved and most promising son.
He was the future of the nation!
As long as it didn’t shake the foundations of the Dynasty, he was willing to pay a certain price.
“In this assault on the Shenxiao Territory, I painfully lost three hundred thousand troops. At least two billion units of Gold are needed to make up for it.” Yi Tian stated his terms to the Cyan Saint Emperor.
“Lord, if I may ask—between your domain and mine, there are tens of thousands of domains apart. Even if ten thousand Super Teleportation Arrays were set up, they still wouldn’t reach. I know a bit of your rules—how did you bring three hundred thousand troops into my territory?” The Cyan Saint Emperor punctured Yi Tian’s lie.
“The [Purple Gourd], a Spatial Divine Artifact. Housing a million people is no problem. I carried a Spatial Divine Artifact to attack the Shenxiao Territory—any issue with that?”
Seventh-Child just happened to be not far from Yi Tian, and Yi Tian scanned Seventh-Child’s Purple Gourd and stamped the information onto it.
The information was half true, half false, leaving the Cyan Saint Emperor In the Clouds.
In reality, the Purple Gourd was a Lifebound Divine Artifact that only Seventh-Child could use; the Cyan Saint Emperor had no idea.
A Divine Artifact!
On the other side, the Cyan Saint Emperor drew in a deep breath. This Lord actually possessed a legendary Divine Artifact.
And a Spatial Divine Artifact at that.
Too bad he could only feast his eyes on it; he had no way to deal with Yi Tian.
That was why he had to speak so humbly.
However, the Cyan Saint Emperor believed Yi Tian had casualties; he simply didn’t believe that thirty thousand had died.
A full-scale national war?
This was only the first year of a Lord’s tenure—far too absurd!
“Five hundred million units of Gold. My country is small and my people few; any more than that is beyond my power.”
Being extorted like this, the Cyan Saint Emperor found it hard to stomach. Worried about Gu Shengtong, he could only haggle with Yi Tian.
If Yi Tian were in the same region as him, he wouldn’t be so passive.
But Yi Tian was beyond the spatial boundary, gripping Gu Shengtong by the throat.
The Qing Saint Dynasty could not abandon Gu Shengtong, so they could only offer a ransom that satisfied Yi Tian.
“Cyan Saint Emperor, it’s not that I’m making things hard for your country. I truly suffered heavy losses. Shenxiao belongs to the Divine Race; by rescuing the Crown Prince, I’ve offended the entire Divine Race. With such tangled complications, I’ll barely have any footing in the future. You should also try to understand me a little!”
Yet another “small country, few people”—Yi Tian simply assumed the Cyan Saint Emperor was being modest.
While speaking with the Cyan Saint Emperor, Yi Tian’s tone was soft yet edged.
Basically: you can’t do anything to me, and I’m squeezing your soft spot.
Different from the Great Wei Emperor.
The Great Wei Emperor’s territory was not far from Yi Tian’s, and he fantasized about killing Yi Tian sooner or later.
“One billion units of Gold! Lord, you know clearly how much you actually lost. This amount of Gold can keep a Dynasty running. I am in my prime, living for tens of thousands of years won’t be a problem. If you don’t agree, I can only groom another Crown Prince.”
The Cyan Saint Emperor’s tone hardened as well.
As the ruler of a Dynasty, he carried great authority and acted decisively in killing.
And being a long-established Venerable, he would not let Yi Tian ride on his neck forever.
“Cyan Saint Emperor, you jest. Rescuing the Crown Prince is my duty; there’s no need to be so anxious, I will definitely release the Crown Prince. Ten billion Celestial Dao Units of Gold, plus one million units of Spirit-level Stone—this should about cover my losses.” Hearing the Cyan Saint Emperor speak like that, Yi Tian immediately adjusted his tone.
This big client should be reined in while he was willing; don’t push him into a corner.
“Fine! Ten billion units of Gold, one million units of Spirit-level Stone. We’ll trade in two hours.”
Having already had a big chunk of flesh cut out, the Cyan Saint Emperor no longer cared about this smaller piece.
As long as he could ransom Gu Shengtong back.
This damn Lord—given the chance, he would definitely make him pay.
“As a friend, let me give you a friendly reminder. Shenxiao has at least three Divine Talents, Divine Techniques even stronger than Divine Talents, an entire body of Divine-level Martial Skills and Special Talents. They possess the Weapon Dao. They have a special grasp of the Mysteries of Thunder. Next time you attack Shenxiao, think it through carefully.” Yi Tian was delighted with this deal and offered a friendly warning.
“Spare me your concern.”
The Cyan Saint Emperor said that with his mouth, but in his heart he was deeply shocked.
He was a Venerable Powerhouse, yet he had never heard of such Odd People.
What kind of ability did one need to raid the Shenxiao Territory like that?
On the Great Wei Dynasty’s side, they formally began trading with Yi Tian.
Four hundred million units of Gold, five hundred thousand units of Spirit-level Stone.
Yi Tian traded Young Master Jin, twenty-four Celestial Pride, and more than a thousand Jin Race Warriors over.
The grudge with the Great Wei Dynasty was temporarily settled, but far from over.
Yi Tian would soon face even fiercer blows from the Great Wei Dynasty.
…
While waiting for the Qing Saint Dynasty to gather resources, Yi Tian opened the Mercenary System and reset his Mercenary status to Normal.
Taking advantage of this stretch of time, he completed some Mercenary missions.
An hour and a half later.
Yi Tian had completed Mercenary missions twenty-four times, obtaining twenty-four million Celestial Dao Coin. His total Mercenary mission count reached two thousand two hundred and twenty.
“[Qing Saint Dynasty Crown Prince Gu Shengtong] trades for [Gold*1 billion][Spirit-level Stone*1 million].”
Total Gold: 2.15 billion.
All newly added Gold was stored in the No. 2 Underground Vault on the west side of the Inner City.
Total Spirit-level Stone: 2,166,000 units, including twenty thousand Star Stone and twenty thousand Floating Stone.
Total non–Celestial Dao Coin, non–Star Stone resources: 16,365 stars.
Yi Tian felt he could firmly hold his spot on the Resource Golden List.
“Cyan Saint Emperor, I hope our friendship can be carried on.”
After the trade, Yi Tian spoke to the Cyan Saint Emperor.
“If our paths differ, we do not scheme together.”
With the Crown Prince returned, the Cyan Saint Emperor no longer had any scruples about Yi Tian.
“In the future, your stretch of territory will belong to Shenxiao. Believe it or don’t, I’ve said all I can.”